Conroy Reynolds Ph.D.

Conroy Reynolds has been a counselor educator for the past 10 years and has found great joy helping students discover themselves and their ability to make a difference in the lives of clients and in society. He says his greatest joy comes from hearing from past students about their work and the difference they are making. In some cases, past students are now supervisors guiding those who have come after them in their professional development.

The programs in the Department of Counseling and Human Services are needed now more than ever. Reynolds considers it a great privilege to engage in this work every day, and each year he looks forward to interacting with new students as they begin their journey toward their goal of becoming professional counselors. He is also delighted to be working with a group of faculty members who bring a varied cross section of interdisciplinary expertise that provides a rich learning environment for students.

His own background as a pastoral counselor influences his areas of interest in the field of mental health. He seeks to combine and integrate spiritual ideas that lie at the core of human experience into the task of therapy. He seeks to help students become more aware of such ideas and how to address them in their work. As an administrator in this department, his goal is to be ever evolving and responsive to the changes in the discipline and society.

Ph.D., marriage and family therapy

• Board certified mental health chaplain
• Certified online educator
• Certified Microsoft innovative educator

• Human development
• Integrating technology in teaching and learning
• Mental health
• Relationships
• Spirituality
• Subjective well-being

• Reynolds, C. (2013). Divorce in Antigua and Barbuda. The cultural sociology of divorce: An encyclopedia. Sage Publications.
• Reynolds, C., & Knudsen-Martin, C. (2015). Gender and the construction of intimacy among committed couples with children. Family Process, 54(2), 293–307.
• Reynolds, C., Wilson, C., & Distelberg, B. (2016). Relational spirituality and depression among married couples in Antigua. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 19(6), 506–521.
• Hodge, D. R., & Reynolds, C. (2019). Understanding spirituality and religion among people with disabilities in the United States: A nationally representative study of spiritual/religious profiles. Health & Social Work, 44(2).
• Reynolds, C. (2020). Transcendent narratives of hope in persons diagnosed with an eating disorder.
• Reynolds, C. (2020). Interdisciplinary perspectives on hope in death and dying.

• Family Process Institute: New Writers Fellowship
• University of Redlands Information Technology Grant: "Architecture of an Online Course"
• University of Redlands Innovation Grant: "A Framework for Faculty to Deliver Online Courses to Students at Extension Campuses"

• American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
• Association of Professional Chaplains